The current programme of free temporary displays and installations available to view around the V&A. Complementing our permanent collections, these range in size from a single case to a room.
King’s Cross: Regenerating a London Landmark
19 May – 21 October 2012. This display features original drawings, photographs, models, and film footage documentin…
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Hanging Out – Youth Culture Then and Now
7 May – 4 September 2012. Hanging Out looks at youth culture in the 1950s and 60s and its influence on young people…
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Print of the Month
2 – 31 May 2012. In her recent work Claire Hynds explores the effect of modernist architecture and utopian town pla…
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Kitty and the Bulldog: Lolita fashion and the influence of Britain
23 April 2012 – 27 January 2013. Kitty and the Bulldog explores the way in which British fashion – notably Victoria…
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The Silent Traveller: Chiang Yee in Britain, 1933-1955
23 April – 9 November 2012. This display explores Chinese artist and writer Chiang Yee's (1903-1977) creative endea…
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Queensberry Hunt: Ceramic Design
14 April – 2 September 2012. The ceramic design consultancy Queensberry Hunt has been responsible for some of the m…
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Recording Britain
14 April – 21 October 2012. The ‘Recording Britain’ collection of watercolours and drawings gives a fascinating acc…
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George W. Adamson: A Twentieth-Century Illustrator
3 April – 30 September 2012. This display makes a selection from Adamson’s wide ranging work as an illustrator, wit…
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Four Masterpieces of Sacred Silver from the Gilbert Collection
2 April 2012 – 31 May 2013. This display shows the exquisite craftsmanship and sense of beauty of Antwerp makers fr…
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Fit for Purpose: Contemporary British Silversmiths
30 March – 16 September 2012. For this display Contemporary British Silversmiths have brought together the work of …
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Transformation and Revelation: Gormley to Gaga. UK design for performance 2007–2011
17 March 2012 – 30 September 2012. Exploring the theme of transformation, this display will reveal contemporary des…
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Island Stories: Fifty Years of Photography in Britain
16 March – 19 September 2012. Drawn exclusively from the V&A collections, this display is a selection of around 70 …
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The New Medallists
11 February – 19 August 2012. Natasha Ratcliffe, Petra Mills, Sara Richards, Chloe Shaw, Phoebe Stannard and Heidi …
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Golden Spider Silk
25 January – 5 June 2012. This display will showcase the world’s largest pieces of cloth made from spider silk.…
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On Eagle's Wings: British adventure comics, 1950-1969
7 January – 27 May 2012. This display will showcase boys’ and girls’ titles from the 1950s and 60s, drawing predomi…
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Beatrix Potter country: a legacy in Lakeland and beyond
13 December 2011 – 12 June 2012. This display explores the profound connections that Beatrix Potter’s artwork susta…
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Beautifully Bitten: Acid-etched Metal in Europe 1500-1750
4 July 2011 – 31 June 2012. This small display brings together a selection of 11 metalwork objects etched with acid…
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Japanese Enamels: the Seven Treasures
14 June 2011 – 19 August 2012. This display of over one hundred and twenty objects ranges from elegant inlaid metal…
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Jain manuscripts
14 May 2010 – 31 December 2012. A display of Jain manuscript pages and paintings opened on 14 May 2010 in the V&A's…
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Signs and Wonders: Edmund de Waal and the V&A Ceramics Galleries
Accompanies an ambitious new installation in the V&A Ceramic Galleries based on the V&A's world renowned ceramics colletion
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